12 Miles Below VI: The Icon of Stars characters

Appears from the start

Kidra's brother, a Winterscar knight, and the wearer of Journey. He is a relic-armored fighter.

Appears from the start

A Feather defector and an ally of Keith.

Also known as Father

Appears from the start

Keith's father and a Deathless protector.

Also known as Keith's armor

Appears from the start

Keith's relic armor and combat support system.

Appears from the start

A remote machine guide who turned away from hunting humans. He helped create the Division Stone and provides a route toward it so an artificial soul can be severed from Relinquished's fractals.

Appears from the start

Abraxas's collaborator in creating the Division Stone with the Mites so artificial souls can be severed from Relinquished's fractals.

Also known as Mother

Appears from the start

The machine sovereign who controls the Feathers through unity fractals.

Appears from the start

A former Feather operative and machine adversary believed to be dead before the expedition begins.

Also known as Captain Sagrius

Appears from the start

A Winterscar captain.

Also known as Lord Atius

Appears from the start

A Deathless clan lord and patron of Winterscar.

Appears from the start

Keith's sister and a Winterscar ally.

First appears in chapter 4

A merchant lord leading a threatened underground convoy. He offers the location of a Mite terminal in exchange for an escort to the Grand Highway.

First appears in chapter 4

A merchant-convoy officer who commands its hired undersider mercenaries and offers a Mite terminal's location in exchange for an escort to the Grand Highway.

Appears from the start

An active hostile Feather and machine adversary.

Also known as Wrath

First appears in chapter 10

The Feather previously known as Wrath. She turns Relinquished's approved deception into cover for protecting Keith, then shares the record of her audience with the expedition.

First appears in chapter 9

A large Feather present during Relinquished's audience. He remains passive while the other Feathers conceal failures and direct suspicion toward Keith.

First appears in chapter 11

A painted runner known to To’Wrathh who arrives carrying cooking equipment.

Also known as Simulated crusader engram within Journey

First appears in chapter 13

A simulated crusader personality within Journey whose hostility toward machines complicates cooperation with Yorob. Journey filters what she perceives so she can continue advising Keith around machine allies.

Also known as Modeled crusader adviser

First appears in chapter 46

A separate intelligence generated by Journey to interpret its knowledge through a former crusader's outlook. The model can change as it processes new information, though its personal name is not established.

First appears in chapter 15

A priest of the Chosen and a leader in the fortified settlement reached by the expedition. He helps represent a community where humans and machines live together.

First appears in chapter 15

A repaired drake living in the Chosen town, fitted with clean replacement limbs and tail after earlier damage.

First appears in chapter 18

A former Caprenor soldier who became Deathless and now leads a vendetta against Aura. He holds the settlement responsible for friends killed during the fall of Caprenor.

Also known as Draconis

First appears in chapter 19

The Deathless commander previously known as Draconis. Trauma from Caprenor drives his campaign against Aura, where he seeks vengeance for comrades lost in the city's collapse.

First appears in chapter 19

An older Deathless and mentor to Lyrian Draconis. He supports the force threatening Aura and regards cooperation between humans and machines as unacceptable.

First appears in chapter 19

A former Caprenor operative helping organize Aura's defense. She took part in destroying Caprenor's pillar heart and now works with the settlement's leaders on military problems.

First appears in chapter 35

A huge, many-eyed machine concealed behind a waterfall near a Mite fountain. Its speed, heavy weapons, and stealth make it a serious threat even to Keith and Lyrian Draconis in relic armor.

First appears in chapter 36

A trusted intermediary who interprets Silverfur's report about two armored newcomers. He considers the possibility that surviving humans have reached the Grey Roamers extraordinary.

First appears in chapter 36

A leader or spokesman among the Grey Roamers. He reports that the apparent humans attacked a hostile infestation without turning their weapons on his pack.

First appears in chapter 51

An unnamed Feather who controls long-range cannons through floating plates during To’Orda's attack on the trading outpost.

Also known as The Icon

First appears in chapter 49

A Golden Age ship AI operating an underground starship. It opens a private channel to Keith and Lyrian Draconis and warns them about approaching machines.